David Gaines (basketball)

David "Smokey" Gaines (born February 27, 1942) is a retired American professional basketball player and coach. He played three games for the Kentucky Colonels during the 1967-68 American Basketball Association season after a four-year stint with the Harlem Globetrotters. Gaines attended LeMoyne-Owen College.

After his playing days Gaines became a coach, serving as head coach for Detroit Mercy and San Diego State. He replaced Dick Vitale at the former school, and coached Michael Cage and future Baseball Hall-of-Famer Tony Gwynn at the latter. He is currently Athletic Director for the Memphis City Schools.^[1]

References

↑ McClure, Jesse F. (July 30, 2008). "New Memphis City Schools A.D. says 'It's all about the kids'". Tri-State Defender. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012.

External links

NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
Harlem Globetrotters Profile

Detroit Titans men's basketball head coaches

C. B. Lundy (1905–1907)
No team (1907–1909)
Royal R. Campbell (1909–1913)
Walter Hardy (1913–1916)
Royal R. Campbell (1916–1919)
James M. Brown (1919–1922)
Paul Harbrecht (1922–1923)
John Barrett (1923–1925)
Gus Dorais (1925–1929)
Louis Conroy (1929–1930)
Lloyd Brazil (1930–1946)
John Shada (1946–1948)
Bob Calihan (1948–1969)
Jim Harding (1969–1973)
Dick Vitale (1973–1977)
Smokey Gaines (1977–1979)
Willie McCarter (1979–1982)
Don Sicko (1982–1987)
John Mulroy # (1987–1988)
Ricky Byrdsong (1988–1993)
Perry Watson (1993–2008)
Kevin Mondro # (2008)
Ray McCallum (2008–2016)
Bacari Alexander (2016–2018)
Mike Davis (2018– )

# denotes interim head coach

San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball head coaches

C. E. Peterson (1921–1926)
Tom McMullen (1926–1929)
Morris Gross (1929–1942)
Dom DeLauer & Dick Mitchell (1942–1943)
Alex Alexander (1943–1945)
Charles R. Smith (1945–1948)
George Ziegenfuss (1948–1969)
Dick Davis (1969–1974)
Tim Vezie (1974–1979)
Smokey Gaines (1979–1987)
Jim Brandenburg (1987–1992)
Jim Harrick Jr. # (1992)
Tony Fuller (1992–1994)
Fred Trenkle (1994–1999)
Steve Fisher (1999–2017)
Brian Dutcher (2017– )

# denotes interim head coach

Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

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